Silence overshadows Canada’s work on Cameroonian peace six months after rebuff

'The silence has been problematic given how long it’s been,' says researcher Chris Roberts of Canada's work on the peace process in Cameroon, but others say the work is still alive.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced in January that Canada had a 'mandate' to facilitate Cameroonian peace talks, but little has come of the effort since the Cameroonian government rejected that any such agreement was in place.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 21, 2023

Six months after officials publicly denied a Canadian declaration that it had a mandate to facilitate Cameroon’s peace process, the effort has generated little noise, with some suggesting it is paused and others saying the peace-facilitation work is not yet dead.

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